North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste, eine Stimme aus dem Schoose der Erde: Kurzer Ueberlick des Ursprungs und der Lehre der Kirche “Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints” in Amerika, gekannt von manchen unter der Benennung: “Die Mormonen” (A Cry out of the Wilderness: A Voice from the Bowels of the Earth: A Short Summary of the Origin and Teaching of the Church [of] “Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints” in America, Known by Many Under the Name “the Mormons”), 115 pages; Frankfurt: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1842, pp. 13–30. The copy used herein is held at CHL.